HISTORY: Students use materials drawn from the diversity of human experience to analyze and interpret significant events, patterns and themes in the history of Ohio, the United States and the world.
Benchmark C: Explain how new developments led to the growth of the United States.
5: Explain how canals and railroads changed settlement patterns in Ohio and Ohio's economic and political status in the United States.
6: Explain the importance of inventors such as the Wright Brothers, Charles Kettering, Garrett Morgan, Granville Woods and Thomas Edison. Ohio Inventors
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Famous Ohioans LIst Railroads and Canals TOP CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES—Students use knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in order to examine and evaluate civic ideals and to participate in community life and the American democratic system.
Benchmark A: Explain how citizens take part in civic life in order to promote the common good.
1: Describe the ways in which citizens can promote the common good and influence their government including:
a. Voting;
b. Communicating with officials;
c. Participating in civic and service organizations;
d. Performing voluntary service.
Benchmark B: Identify rights and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States that are important for preserving democratic government.
3: Explain the importance of leadership and public service.
4: Explain why characteristics such as respect for the rights of others, fairness, reliability, honesty, wisdom and courage are desirable qualities in the people citizens select as their leaders.
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TOP SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS AND METHODS—Students collect, organize, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple sources to draw logical conclusions. Students communicate this information using appropriate social studies terminology in oral, written or multimedia form and apply what they have learned to societal issues in simulated or real-world settings. Benchmark A: Obtain information from a variety of primary and secondary sources using the component parts of the source.
1: Obtain information about state issues from a variety of print and electronic sources, and determine the relevance of information to a research topic:
a. Atlases;
b. Encyclopedias;
c. Dictionaries;
d. Newspapers;
e. Multimedia/Electronic sources.
2: Use a glossary and index to locate information.
3: Use primary and secondary sources to answer questions about Ohio history.
Benchmark B: Use a variety of sources to organize information and draw inferences.
5: Identify main ideas and supporting details from factual information.
6: Distinguish between fact and opinion.
8: Formulate a question to focus research.
Benchmark C: Communicate social studies information using graphs or tables.
9: Communicate relevant information in a
written report including the acknowledgement of sources.
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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Social Studies Skills and Methods
HISTORY: Students use materials drawn from the diversity of human experience to analyze and interpret significant events, patterns and themes in the history of Ohio, the United States and the world.
Benchmark C: Explain how new developments led to the growth of the United States.
5: Explain how canals and railroads changed settlement patterns in Ohio and Ohio's economic and political status in the United States.
6: Explain the importance of inventors such as the Wright Brothers, Charles Kettering, Garrett Morgan, Granville Woods and Thomas Edison.
Ohio Inventors
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Famous Ohioans LIstRailroads and Canals
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CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES—Students use knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in order to examine and evaluate civic ideals and to participate in community life and the American democratic system.
Benchmark A: Explain how citizens take part in civic life in order to promote the common good.
1: Describe the ways in which citizens can promote the common good and influence their government including:
a. Voting;
b. Communicating with officials;
c. Participating in civic and service organizations;
d. Performing voluntary service.
Benchmark B: Identify rights and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States that are important for preserving democratic government.
3: Explain the importance of leadership and public service.
4: Explain why characteristics such as respect for the rights of others, fairness, reliability, honesty, wisdom and courage are desirable qualities in the people citizens select as their leaders.
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SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS AND METHODS—Students collect, organize, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple sources to draw logical conclusions. Students communicate this information using appropriate social studies terminology in oral, written or multimedia form and apply what they have learned to societal issues in simulated or real-world settings.
Benchmark A: Obtain information from a variety of primary and secondary sources using the component parts of the source.
1: Obtain information about state issues from a variety of print and electronic sources, and determine the relevance of information to a research topic:
a. Atlases;
b. Encyclopedias;
c. Dictionaries;
d. Newspapers;
e. Multimedia/Electronic sources.
2: Use a glossary and index to locate information.
3: Use primary and secondary sources to answer questions about Ohio history.
Benchmark B: Use a variety of sources to organize information and draw inferences.
5: Identify main ideas and supporting details from factual information.
6: Distinguish between fact and opinion.
8: Formulate a question to focus research.
Benchmark C: Communicate social studies information using graphs or tables.
9: Communicate relevant information in a
written report including the acknowledgement of sources.
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